In responding to those who argue nurse Lucy Letby has been wrongly convicted for the murder of seven infants, health secretary Wes Streeting says campaigning for the release of people believed to have been jailed in a miscarriage of justice is ‘not the right thing to do’ (Metro, Tue).
The MoD did not accept the recommendation of the cross-party MPs that cases of sexual abuse that amount to a crime should be investigated and prosecuted by the civilian court system, not by the Service Justice System via the chain of command.
‘Can Wes Streeting name a single victim of miscarriage of justice that has been freed without ‘outsiders’ running a campaign’.
In which case, can he name a single victim of a miscarriage of justice that has been freed without ‘outsiders’ running a campaign?
Wes Streeting asks us to ‘consider those grieving parents who’ve lost their babies’ but surely it can’t bring comfort to them that the real cause of their babies’ deaths is unclear.
